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RECYCLE
THE FOLLOWING
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HOW TO
PREPARE...?
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WHERE TO TAKE...?
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Aluminum
foil and trays
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Clean
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Recycling
center only
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Antifreeze
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Save
in gallon jugs
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Passaic
County hazardous drop off days
(881-4506)
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Appliances
/ Heavy metal
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CFC's
must be removed
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Call for pickup or bring
to recycling center
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Batteries
(Lead acid - auto)
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Keep
clean and capped
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Return
to point of sale or to center
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Batteries
(Household)
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Store
in vented jar / bag
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Household
hazardous waste day, or recycling
center
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Books
Hard Cover
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Remove covers and package with
junk mail and magazines
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Leave curbside on your
recycling day or to
recycling center
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Books
Paper Back magazines
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Package
with junk mail and magazines
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Leave curbside on your
recycling junk mail and day or to recycling center
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Bottles/Cans/Glass/Plastic/ Tin/Steel
and Aluminum Containers
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Commingle
all containers
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Leave
curbside on your recycling day or to recycling center
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Brown
Paper shopping bags
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stack,
tie and add to cardboard
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Leave
curbside on your recycling day
or to recycling center
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Building
Materials (Concrete,
asphalt, brick and wood)
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coordinate
with private contractor for
disposal
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Contact
recycling office for a market
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Clothing
(reusable or new) center
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bag in manageable
quantities
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In
bins at shopping centers or to recycling
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Corrugated
cardboard
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empty,
flatten, tie and bundle
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Leave
curbside on your recycling day
or to recycling
center
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Grass
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Just
cut it and leave it
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Garbage contractor will
not pick up
grass
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Leaves
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For
curbside pickup:
Large biodegradable leaf bags during
months
of April, May, October and
November only.
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Drop off at recycling
center: leaves
must be debagged.
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Magazines,
junk mail, mixed paper, wrapping
paper, telephone books
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For curbside pickup: tie
and bundle, or place
in brown paper bags
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Leave curbside on your recycling
day or to recycling
center
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Newspapers
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Tie
and bundle. Keep separate from
other type papers.
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Leave curbside on your
recycling day or to recycling center
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Paint Cans
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Latex
paint - air dry to form hard crust throw
in garbage. (Non hazardous)
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Oil
based paint goes to household - hazardous
waste drop off
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Styrofoam Peanuts
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Box,
or bag, clean foam peanuts
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Bring to Mail Boxes, Etc. -
130 Skyline Drive
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Tires
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Rim
must be removed
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Recycling center only -
$3.00 fee per
tire.
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Used
Motor Oil
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Uncontaminated
used motor oil in capped
oil jugs
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To Borough service stations
accepting motor oil or recycling
center
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